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Beginner Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Posts: 25 Location: USA

On more than one mud I play whenever I type certain commands like users, or list in a shop that has a lot of stuff, or even just score, the screen totally freezes. Prior to that I can hunt, walk around, look, talk, anything, but if I do certain things (mentioned above) the screen just stops moving, and the command never goes through. I hit reconnect, logon screen comes up just fine, i can re-enter my username and password, and can still look, hunt, walk, talk, etc, but I never can get those commands to go through.

At first I thought it was a bad .mud file, and tried following the help files to correct it, but then I realized this is happening on more than one of my muds, and they don't use the same settings or .mud files. Any suggestions you have would be welcomed, thanks.

Darkrose

Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 8 Location: USA

Hmm...

Do you have any idea if these muds use the same code base?

It's a long shot, but if you're playing similar MUDs that use some of the same code in various places, there could be a bit of text (like an ANSI code) being sent that's giving you problems. I've never encountered it myself, but it's worth looking into I think.

What version of zMUD are you using, by the way?

- Z

Beginner Joined: 30 Jul 2002 Posts: 25 Location: USA

Hmm, interesting point. All three instances of the commands that cause it to freeze, do have ansi in what should be displayed. Though, everything else on the mud that I do has some ansi involved for room names, when I look at myself, monsters I hunt, etc and works fine. But it's a logical possibility.

I currently use Zmud version 5.55. I did try upgrading when 6.2 came out, but I didn't care for the way things changed in making classes for my aliases, so I went back to using my old one. This was many months back, and I've been having no problems until recently.

Ah, but isn't that the way it always is... it works until it's broken. I hear that all the time. :p

Oh yes, one of the muds uses TMI based code, and the other was unnamed, unique code. (couldn't find it specified anywhere) How about suggestions for what to do if it is a problem with ansi coming through?

Darkrose

Newbie Joined: 27 Jul 2002 Posts: 8 Location: USA

I'd just double check your zMUD ANSI settings. Nothing much you can do short of disable ANSI period.

Though, it is odd if other places have ANSI codes. Unless all three MUDs are trying some weird type of ANSI formatting... I don't know what to tell ya.

Might want to try that upgrade. ;)

- Z

GURU Joined: 10 Oct 2000 Posts: 4379 Location: USA

If it happens when a lot of stuff is sent by the MUD, then I'd suggest you check to see if you are using the latest drivers for your network card. This sometimes causes this problem.

Kjata